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Machine for Blaqking and Polishing Boots and Shoes";

No. 228,297. Patented June 1,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

PIERRE PAUL AUDOYE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR BLACKIN'G AND POLISHING BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,297, dated June 1, 1880.

Application filed March 20, 1880. (N 0 mo To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PIERRE PAUL AUDOYE, of Paris, France, have invented an Improved Machine for Blacking and Polishing Shoes and Boots; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed sheet of drawings, making a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to clea and polish the shoes while on the feet; but it may be used as well for harness, and, generally, for any articles that have to be polished.

In the accompanying drawings I have represented, as a specimen only, a blacking and polishing machine embodying my improvements.

In these drawings, Figure .1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 shows, on a larger scale, one of the brackets which carry the brushes.

In these three figures same letters of reference indicate identical parts.

A is a base-plate, supporting two plates, to I), through the center of which passes a vertical shaft, 0, upon which is fixed a pulley, d. Motion is imparted to the said pulley by suitable means.

The rotating shaft 0 has two square parts, each of which receives four forked arms, 6, carrying at their ends vertical shafts f. The shafts fare provided at each end with rollers g, engaged and guided in two slots, h, in the plates at b. The slots are made elliptical, and the length of the forks of arms 6 is such as to permit sufficient sliding motion of said arms on the square parts of the shaft 0. When the arms 6 are carried round by the rotation of the shaft 0 the rollers g, which are loose on the shaft f, will have a rotating motion, caused by the friction against one side of the slots h.

This simple device being thus described, I will next proceed to explain how the brackets are arranged that carry the brushes.

These brackets i are fixed on the square ends of shafts f. A small arm, j, is pivoted on the bracket 1'. A pulley, 7c, is fixed to the del.) Patented in France February 13, 1879.

roller g, and turns loose on shaft f. A guiding-pulley, l, is mounted loose on the pivot of arm j, and two other pulleys, m n, are mounted on the pivot of brush 0, one of them being loose, so as to permit it to stop one of the brushes 0. 4

The bracket 2' is provided laterally with teeth 1), in which a spring, q, catches. A button, r, is fixed to spring q, so that it is easy to stop arm j in any position required and to make use or not of the brush it carries.

1 will add to this that I have represented in the drawings four brushes, but sometimes use more or less of them, according to the effect I want to obtain.

The shape I give to my brushes is that 'shown in Fig. 1. The hair of the brush is mounted on a hollow stock made of an elastic material completely enveloped by leather.

blacking material. The envelope presents small projections with openings, so that by pressing on the hair of the brushes the necessary quantity of blacking will run out.

portion of bracket 9, spring q, and button r, all as and for the purpose specified.

PIERRE PAUL AUD OYE.

Witnesses:

RoB'r. M. HOOPER, JEAN BAPTISTE HOLLAND.

This stock constitutes a box containing the Having thus described my invention, what bracket 2', pivoted arm j, and brush 0, toothed 

